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the previous administration nominated ben bernanke. i voted for him and then when i became chairman of the banking committee in january 2007 for the first time, i went to a very frustrating year on that committee. on february 7 of 2007 i had my first hearings on the issue of the mortgage crisis in the country and we had 12 such hearings and that committee of the remaining ten months, almost one every month on this issue. and then i could not get the chairman of the federal reserve to pay as much attention as i thought he should have. at beginning and the latter part of 2007 and going forward, his leadership in my view is absolutely critical to avoid any kind of problem this country has faced. so mr. president, i'll stick for a few more minutes later in this debate, but i think we would make a great error indeed if we were to reject this nomination and not terminate this filibuster, both up and down on this nominee and provide the confidence and stability that our markets demand in this economy has fragile as it is is going to continue
the previous administration nominated ben bernanke. i voted for him and then when i became chairman of the banking committee in january 2007 for the first time, i went to a very frustrating year on that committee. on february 7 of 2007 i had my first hearings on the issue of the mortgage crisis in the country and we had 12 such hearings and that committee of the remaining ten months, almost one every month on this issue. and then i could not get the chairman of the federal reserve to pay as...
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virginia, gary, your thoughts on ben bernanke and regulation on the part of the fed? caller: thank you very much, i really appreciate you taking my call. i had to use every gray sell that i had to try to understand ben bernanke last night. i was listening to him on the radio talking about that regulation. i agree with him. i still got a headache. it just packed my brain. i really had a hard time. it is complicated and complex. another thing that i have to say that i think is important, our uso shows in iraq and afghanistan, i was watching them last year. they were making vulgar, juvenile jokes about the middle eastern women in their culture. host: but shows are you referring to? caller: the uso shows we were putting on. i was watching the pentagon channel. host: is that where you can see them? ok. caller: i was really appalled. i was raised overseas. i went to uso shows. we used to have officials and local nationals, an indigenous personnel from that country. just to hear the jokes that those comedians were making, if i was a base commander i would have had the mp's d
virginia, gary, your thoughts on ben bernanke and regulation on the part of the fed? caller: thank you very much, i really appreciate you taking my call. i had to use every gray sell that i had to try to understand ben bernanke last night. i was listening to him on the radio talking about that regulation. i agree with him. i still got a headache. it just packed my brain. i really had a hard time. it is complicated and complex. another thing that i have to say that i think is important, our uso...
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senators are expected to take up the nomination of ben bernanke for another term. house meets tomorrow and will consider a bill this week to provide emergency aid to u.s. survivors of the earthquake in haiti. that's house coverage here on c- span. >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and its plans to deal with the state of the union address, when sennight, at 8:00 eastern on c- span. you can listen to the address live on your iphone. >> listen to c-span radio, in washington at 981 fm and satellite radio channel 122. it is a free application for your iphone. c-span radio -- covering washington like no other. >> this morning, washington journal spoke with reporters about the future of health care bill and other issues. this is about 45 minutes. application for your iphone. c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week in congress, the second year of the obama administration. more liz sidoti liz with the associat
senators are expected to take up the nomination of ben bernanke for another term. house meets tomorrow and will consider a bill this week to provide emergency aid to u.s. survivors of the earthquake in haiti. that's house coverage here on c- span. >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and its plans to deal with the state of the union address, when sennight, at 8:00 eastern on c- span....
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that is why it was difficult for federal reserve chairman ben bernanke when he served under the former federal reserve alan greenspan, for them to see the housing bubble happen. what is your take on that? guest: i don't agree with that. there was a member of the board who has since died who presented them with that information. alan greenspan himself testified -- one of the mysteries of the current crisis or disgrace all aspects of the current crisis, is that congress won't do anything about what was the initiation cause of the crisis. under various administrations, democrat as well as republican, they have tried to increase housing. after a while they were giving look -- no down payment loans for people without a credit rating. if that isn't an indication for difficult, it is hard to think of what would be. alan greenspan among other people testified about that. my colleague at the american enterprise institute, who had -- who at one time was the chief counsel in the white house and former chief counsel of the treasury, a very knowledgeable person, has spoken over and over again about
that is why it was difficult for federal reserve chairman ben bernanke when he served under the former federal reserve alan greenspan, for them to see the housing bubble happen. what is your take on that? guest: i don't agree with that. there was a member of the board who has since died who presented them with that information. alan greenspan himself testified -- one of the mysteries of the current crisis or disgrace all aspects of the current crisis, is that congress won't do anything about...
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ben bernanke says lack regulations are to blame. but the housing boom holding ragts too low after the 2001 recession. bernanke says extra low rates were needed to jump start the economy and job market after 9/11 and those accounting scandals remember enron and world come that rocked wall street. however he didn't rule out raising rates in the future as a way to heed off market bubbles that could throw the u.s. into another crisis. an americans spent more money going to the movies than watching dvds at home. hollywood earned a record $10.6 billion last year thanks to block busters like "avatar." back to you. >> let's get another check on our traffic and weather. let's start with tom. he joins us here in the studio. >> it's stupid cold. gotten to at point. the smart thing to do is layer up this morning in your warmest winter gear. we have temperatures down in the low 20s now. there's the pre-dawn glow. sunrise is in about 35 minutes. right now 25egrees at reagan national. low 20s in montgomery, fairfax, prince george's and arlington c
ben bernanke says lack regulations are to blame. but the housing boom holding ragts too low after the 2001 recession. bernanke says extra low rates were needed to jump start the economy and job market after 9/11 and those accounting scandals remember enron and world come that rocked wall street. however he didn't rule out raising rates in the future as a way to heed off market bubbles that could throw the u.s. into another crisis. an americans spent more money going to the movies than watching...
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. >> from wall street journal economics editor david wessel on ben bernanke and the economic collapse of 2008. he will discuss his book with the first director of the congressional budget office. afterwards bleaker still part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2. now available, abraham lincoln, great american historians on our sixteenth president. a great read for any history buff. it is a unique contemporary perspective on abraham lincoln from journalists and writers from lincoln's early years to his life in the white house and is relevance today. abraham lincoln in hard cover at your favorite bookseller and in digital audio to listen to any time where digital audio download are sold. learn more at c-span.org/lincolnbook. >> next a conversation on corporate lobbying, from a former capitol hill staffer who works as a washington lobbyist. this event from american university is 1 hour and 10 minutes. >> welcome to dave 3 at american university. our first speaker today is mr. murphy. she is from the successful lobbying firm madigan and jones and is new to that organization. she will talk
. >> from wall street journal economics editor david wessel on ben bernanke and the economic collapse of 2008. he will discuss his book with the first director of the congressional budget office. afterwards bleaker still part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2. now available, abraham lincoln, great american historians on our sixteenth president. a great read for any history buff. it is a unique contemporary perspective on abraham lincoln from journalists and writers from lincoln's early...
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and a possible vote on ben bernanke to continue to lead the federal reserve. the house's lead and c-span. the agenda includes another bill to aid survivors of the haiti earthquake. -- the house is live on c-sapn. >> in a few moments, the president outlines new economic proposals to help the middle class. in 15 minutes, coverage of the international meeting in montreal focusing on aid for haiti. after that, more about afghanistan and pakistan from national security adviser general james jones and several g)l levin, chairman of the armed services committee. ç>> wednesday, presidentw3 obaa delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future and his plan to deal with issues like unemployment, health care and the wars in afghanistan and have dennis -- iraq and afghanistan. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can listen to the president's address live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> president obama spoke after meeting with the middle-class task force which includes the secretaries of some
and a possible vote on ben bernanke to continue to lead the federal reserve. the house's lead and c-span. the agenda includes another bill to aid survivors of the haiti earthquake. -- the house is live on c-sapn. >> in a few moments, the president outlines new economic proposals to help the middle class. in 15 minutes, coverage of the international meeting in montreal focusing on aid for haiti. after that, more about afghanistan and pakistan from national security adviser general james...
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. >> on fed chairman ben bernanke and the role he played after the economic collapse of 2008. he will discuss his book with the former federal reserve vice chair and first director of the congressional budget office. part of this weekend's "book tv globo on c-span2. >> president obama outlined new procedures designed to prevent such attacks in the future. from the white house state dining room, this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. the immediate reviews that i ordered after the failed christmas terrorist attack are now complete. i was briefed on the findings and recommendations for reform, and i believe it is important the american people understand the steps we are taking to prevent attacks. this afternoon, my counter- terrorism and homeland security adviser john brennan will discuss his review into our terrorist watch list system, how our government failed to connect the dots in a way that would have prevented a known terrorist from boarding a plane for america and the steps we will take to prevent that from happening again. janet napolitano will discuss her revi
. >> on fed chairman ben bernanke and the role he played after the economic collapse of 2008. he will discuss his book with the former federal reserve vice chair and first director of the congressional budget office. part of this weekend's "book tv globo on c-span2. >> president obama outlined new procedures designed to prevent such attacks in the future. from the white house state dining room, this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. the immediate reviews that i...
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now, you made about 100 calls to fed chair ben bernanke, but the next higher number of calls in that period, he made 100 free -- >> the gentlewoman's time has expired. with the gentle lady yielded? >> magis asked what firm he worked for? >> as you know, he work for goldman sachs. >> thank you. i will have additional questions with regard to who you phoned and will play set in the record. thank you. >> mr. chairman, can i do say one response it's very important. congressman, you are suggesting that the people that were involved in this were not acting in the public interest. and you are suggesting that they were working for the private interest, not the public interest. and that is not true. i would never and i believe none of those individuals were ever part of any decision like that. and i think these people were people of a dogged integrity and experience operating under exceptional circumstances with no precedent doing the best they could for what was in the public interest. >> i must move. i must move on. the gentleman from georgia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary geithner,
now, you made about 100 calls to fed chair ben bernanke, but the next higher number of calls in that period, he made 100 free -- >> the gentlewoman's time has expired. with the gentle lady yielded? >> magis asked what firm he worked for? >> as you know, he work for goldman sachs. >> thank you. i will have additional questions with regard to who you phoned and will play set in the record. thank you. >> mr. chairman, can i do say one response it's very important....
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you made about a hundred calls to ben bernanke, but the next number of calls, you made 103 to a man named dan jester. what firm did he work for? >> as you know, he worked for goldman sacks. >> thank you. i will have additional questions with regard to who you phoned and we will place that in the record. thank you. >> can i say one thing in response? it's very important. congressman, you are suggesting that the people involved in this were not acting in the public interest and suggesting that they were working for the private interest and not the public interest. that is not true. i would never and i believe none of those individuals would ever be part of a decision like that and these were people of enormous integrity and operating under exceptional circumstances with no precedent, doing the best they could for what was in the public interest. it's important to say for the record. >> i must move. the gentlemen from georgia please. >> thank you, mr. chairman, secretary geithner, when did aig if you can give usa i date. when did they call and say we need money? >> formally i think on that f
you made about a hundred calls to ben bernanke, but the next number of calls, you made 103 to a man named dan jester. what firm did he work for? >> as you know, he worked for goldman sacks. >> thank you. i will have additional questions with regard to who you phoned and we will place that in the record. thank you. >> can i say one thing in response? it's very important. congressman, you are suggesting that the people involved in this were not acting in the public interest and...